| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-16页 |
| Graham Swift the Author | 第7-9页 |
| Waterland the Story | 第9-10页 |
| Literature Review | 第10-14页 |
| Theoretical Framework and Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE“Mobius Strip”of History: Nonlinearity in Narrative Time | 第16-33页 |
| 1.1 Narrative Time in Fiction | 第16-18页 |
| 1.2 Fragmented Time: Subversion to“Grand Narrative” | 第18-23页 |
| 1.3 Distorted Narrative Time: Subjective Temporal Experience | 第23-29页 |
| 1.3.1 Order: Anachronies in Narration | 第23-25页 |
| 1.3.2 Duration: Anisochronies in Narration | 第25-28页 |
| 1.3.3 Frequency: Repetition in Narration | 第28-29页 |
| 1.4 Cyclical Time: History of“Ups and Downs” | 第29-33页 |
| CHAPTER TWODiverse Imagination of History: Instability in Narrative Space | 第33-45页 |
| 2.1 Narrative Space in Fiction | 第33-35页 |
| 2.2 Topographical Space: Battle between“Water”and“Land” | 第35-38页 |
| 2.3 Textual Space: Juxtaposition of Different Genres | 第38-41页 |
| 2.4 Discourse Space: Conflict within Narrative | 第41-45页 |
| CHAPTER THREE“Corpse”of Reality: Meaning-Making in Chronotope | 第45-53页 |
| 3.1 Chronotope in Fiction | 第45-46页 |
| 3.2 Postmodern Chronotope: From“Now-here”to“No-where” | 第46-49页 |
| 3.3 Narration: Grip on Reality and Rivalry with Nihility | 第49-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
